June 2021 WST NEWS

CLOSINGS and SPECIAL EVENTS

Tien Shan Pai Legacy Tournament- June 6, 2021 at the Delta Hotel in Hunt Valley MD

Kuoshu International Championships- July 23-25, at the Delta Hotel in Hunt Valley MD

COVID -19 Update

County guidelines will permit fitness studios to operate at 50% capacity.

However, there is currently insufficient interest in returning to in-person training at the Dance Exchange. Hopefully we can look toward returning to classes at the DX in July.  Please contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com to say whether you feel ready to get back to class or not.

 We continue to offer Zoom classes in form, theory, history, principles and in Qigong/ meditation. There are also students who come to Gaithersburg to do private outdoor or indoors instruction in or outside of the Clear Circle location. Contact Paul via email or phone (301-651-3617) to discuss options.  Since warm weather is here outdoor classes have become more fun and popular so if you’d like to schedule your outdoor lesson do so quickly because available time slots are disappearing rapidly!

 TIEN SHAN PAI  LEGACY  / KUOSHU CHAMPIONSHIPS TOURNAMENT

 The Legacy event (June 6- register online), is one of only two currently known Kung Fu tournaments scheduled to take place in the area at this time. Paul Ramos will be judging there and is seeking competitors to participate in this event.  It would be be a good warm up for the Kuoshu International Championships taking place at the same venue the July 23-25th weekend.  Contact Paul if you’d like to compete or feel free to view the event as a spectator. Contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com for all questions or concerns.

The Kuoshu Championships (July 23-25, 2021), this year will include Qualifying divisions for the World Championships which are to take place next year. Our own Terance Nicholson and Stephen Genus, are current World Champions in Xing-I Chuan and Bagua Zhang respectively and we’d like to keep those championships (as well as in Tai Chi), within the family. Empty hand and weapons divisions are included as qualifying events. Registration for the qualifyers and other divisions in July, is available online now. Those interested in competing this year should contact Paul so that we can clean details and progress skills so that we may be competitive with competitors from other schools.

Info on July event may be obtained at www.usksf.org while registration for the June 6 Legacy event is available at www. tienshanpai.org/ legacy-tournament.

 

QUOTES of the Month

A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn’t mean that they have to be consistent.

-James Calahan

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

- James Thurber

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be oovercome.

- Samuel Johnson


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APRIL 2021 WST NEWS

COVID -19 Update


Beginning Friday March 26th, the Dance Exchange studio capacities grew. County guidelines will now permit fitness studios to operate at 50% capacity. For their spaces, this means:

Studio 1: = 22 people maximum

Studio 2: = 15 people maximum

Studio 3: = 7 people maximum

If there is sufficient interest in returning to in-person training then we may be able to resume classes in April. If not, we can look toward returning to classes at the DX in May or June. Please contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com to say whether you feel ready to get back to class or not. We would be using Studio 1 and limit class size to 15 persons even though there are up to 22 people permitted in the room at this time.

We continue to offer Zoom classes in all form, theory, history , and principle tranings as well as in Qigong / meditation classes. There are also students who come to Gaithersburg to do private outdoor or indoors instruction in or outside of the Clear Circle location. Contact Paul via email or phone (301-651-3617) to discuss options. Since Spring is here, outdoor classes have become more fun and popular so if you’d like to schedule your outdoor lesson do so quickly because available time slots are disappearing rapidly!

Many students who have continued to practice via Zoom or in outdoor classes have been pleasantly surpirised at how much progress they have made during this time period. Feel free to inquire if you have questions or concerns about resuming your lessons in these ways.

Have a Great Spring!!

KUOSHU LEGACY TOURNAMENT IN JUNE

They are accepting Registrations for competition now. See Flyer below.

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QUOTES of the MONTH

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

- Mahatma Gandhi


The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes


All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

- Henry Ellis


March 2021 WST NEWS


TAI CHI and QIGONG CLASSES CONTINUE

 

The statistics currently announce a decreasing number of new cases of the COVID-19 virus. Some health officials have publicly stated that it may be still too soon to return to normal pre- COVID activities such as group indoor classes. One reason is that new variant strains coming from Brasil, Africa and England may lead to a 4th wave of infection. We are therefore continuing our current policy of Zoom training with some outdoor training available for those wishing closer contact but still requiring social distancing and masking requirements.

Group classes via Zoom continue to take place on Mondays and Wednesday evenings beginning at 6 PM (Tai Chi form and basics), while the sitting Qigong and Theory class continues on Fridays at 12 noon. Some students have opted to receive half hour private Zoom instruction each week or a one hour Zoom lesson every other week, at a mutually available time slot. Good for any and all who have the desire to continue their training from the convenience of their home. There are also a few in-person (Outdoor) class times available to those wishing to meet in person in Gaithersburg near the Clear Circle school location

Other options include Xing-I Chuan or Bagua Zhang instruction. Please note that Online training is best utilized for instruction of form, choreography, weapons, history, principles and relevent theories. Self Defence methods can only taught when both sides of the lesson have traaining partners present.

QUOTES of THE MONTH

If we all did the the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.

-Thomas Edison

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

-Doug Firebaugh

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

- Buddha